With a double-height lobby designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli and featured in "The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design" at the National Building Museum, The Verdesian is the pinnacle of green, luxurious, urban living and bears the LEED Platinum certification, the highest designation by the US Green Building Council. This spacious one-bedroom home features floor-to-ceiling windows with solar shades, a kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and water and ice filtration, beech plank floors, two large closets and a washer | dry er in the unit. The Verdesian is a pet-friendly building and welcomes dogs up to 50 pounds. This lease assignment through 30 June 2016 represents a great opportunity for a discerning resident. Close to 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, 4, 5, 6 trains and free Downtown Connector Bus. Battery Park City has become the largest green neighborhood in the world with more than five million square feet of sustainable construction, with 36 acres of open space that includes parks and gardens, playing fields, playgrounds, plazas and waterfront esplanades. Nearby Brookfield Place, Whole Foods, shops and restaurants and convenient transportation options make this a great place to live and a short journey from nearby FiDi and Tribeca.  Click here to learn more

Elegant, spacious (over 4,000sf), 5 BD, 3.5 BA, center-hall Colonial in Berkley just off Foxhall Road available for lease.  Eat-in kitchen with island, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances.  Laundry room off kitchen.  Double-height marble entry foyer, den, expansive recreation room, two wood-burning fireplaces, two-zone AC, interior vacuum, closets galore.  Each bedroom fits a queen-sized bed.  Each full bathroom features dual sinks and tubs.  Master bathroom features Jacuzzi soaking tub, separate shower, dual sinks, bidet, linen closet.  Expansive deck with two seating areas, patio and two-car garage.  Close to Jetties, Safeway, Georgetown and Capital Crescent Trail.  Short drive to Downtown DC.

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What empty nesters want from pieds-à-terre | Andrea Saturno-Sanjana, a salesperson with Citi Habitats, says she has worked with many such clients.  Saturno-Sanjana says clients like them often have criteria that longtime New Yorkers do not: Having spent so much time at a distance from the city, they now want to reside somewhere that screams Manhattan, complete with views of iconic skyscrapers, or even the Statue of Liberty.  One mistake that arises with pied-à-terre seekers who have lived outside the city for many years is that they begin their search based on memories of neighborhoods that no longer exist. "They remember, oh we used to come in and go to the Limelight," Saturno-Sanjana says. "The people who are coming in fresh, who haven't been commuting, they really start with that nostalgia and then because the neighborhoods have changed and other things have opened up to them, they often don't end up in that neighborhood.  "Plus, she says, many of these renters aren't willing to fully relinquish the amenities of life in the burbs. Their pied-à-terre "has to have very particular things. We're not talking about a walk-up," she says, and might be kitted out with amenities such as in-apartment washers and dryers, concierge services, and plenty of storage space.  Renting a pied-à-terre rather than buying has its advantages.  After decades in comparatively spacious suburban homes, many of her clients, Saturno-Sanjana says, have trouble downsizing. While city living has tremendous appeal to these apartment-seekers, she says it's important that they ask themselves:  "Can I really live in a smaller space with less stuff?"  If not, renting may be their best route.  (Brick Underground)

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